“Your heart is calling ~ calling to the beat and rhythm of Mother Earth ~ calling to the beat and rhythm of Life ~ calling to your inner Love ~ Dear one, allow the Frame Drum to take you there”
Back in 2017, I had a calling from my heart and soul to make my frame drum. I found myself in the Perth Hills ready to birth my first frame drum. While making my drum, it took me to a place where I felt at home; my body just knew what to do. From this day, I knew that I was going to be helping others to find and birth their Sacred Drum.
As time went on, I still held it strong in my heart that one day I will find my teacher to learn the sacred art of frame drum making. It all started to unfold in 2020 when I was making another drum at a woman’s retreat. I found out that their teacher was Jane Elworthy. I wasn’t in the right place to think too much more about it, though Jane remained in my mind. Then 2022 arrived, and one evening I found myself calling Jane Elworthy to find out if she was thinking of taking on any apprentices. When I asked her this, she said, “Funny you should ask, because yesterday
I was just thinking, maybe it’s time to take on an apprentice” And so it was; at the end of November 2022 my car was packed, and I was heading across the Nullarbor with Broken Hill being my destination to meet Jane and learn the Sacred art of Frame Drum making.
The frame drum is a part of my everyday life ~ be it in my morning meditation and journeying ~ Shamanic healing sessions and animal communication or for energy clearing on the land and around my home.
My horses have and continue to benefit from being drummed. Also, other animals benefit from drumming.
The drum has the power to shift stuck energy through its healing frequencies, sound and rhythm.
Create the Ritual Drum
The Ritual Drum is an open-backed drum that has a stick through the middle for the handle. It’s played predominantly with a beater and can be played with the hands. The ritual drum can be made with 11, 10, 9, 8 and seven sides. I mainly do 9 sides. It can also be circular.
This drum can be in various sizes, which we can discuss upon enquiry or ordering.
I use kangaroo, deer or goat skins for this drum, and it has a solid wood frame made by me.
I facilitate retreats of 3 days rich in ceremony and healing to birth your Sacred Ritual Drum.
I can also make them on special order.
“The woods are calling ~
“The woods are calling ~ Let’s go walking in the early hours of the morning, before the sun has shown himself and all is still and quiet. You are called to follow your heart. First you come to a river where you cross, submerging yourself fully.
As you are in the wild waters, you see a young deer trying to climb the bank, though she keeps slipping and falling back into the water. Calmly, you approach her, offering to help her up the bank.
She accepts. Gathering your strength, you gently push her from behind, helping her to the top. She turns and thanks you. As you climb the bank, where the deer stood, you find a raw hide. You know to take it. So you do, with blessings and gratitude.
You continue your journey. Across your path lies a fallen tree with an enormous trunk, and the only way forward is to climb it, so you do. As you arrive on the other side, there is a beautiful hand-crafted hoop made from the fallen tree. You know to take it, and so you do with blessings and gratitude.
As you continue on your path, a mother Wolf is standing in front of you with a cub by her side. Your heart is racing, not knowing what to do. You breathe slowly and deeply, opening your heart, and the wolf connects, feeling the stillness from your slow, full breath and open Golden Heart. Mind to mind, heart to Heart, the wolf shows you that her cub has got a very sharp twig pierced into his foot and can’t walk. With a knowing you have to remove the sharp twig, you do. The cub and mother Wolf are grateful. You look down at the twig, and you see that it is growing into a small branch. You know you are to keep this. So you do.
Up ahead you smell the sweet scent of Sacred Incense. There is a natural circular clearing in the trees.
A Medicine Woman is standing next to a fire playing her drum.
She calls you forward, and you place your sacred items on the ground.
You both look at each other eye to eye, heart to heart, and you know it’s time to birth your Ritual Drum.
And so you do.
Let’s create a ritual together!
9-Sided Ritual Drum (16-Inch)
8-Sided Travel Size Ritual Drum (12.5-Inch)
9-Sided Travel Size Ritual Drum (12.5-Inch)
9-Sided Travel Ritual Drum (12.5-Inch)
Create the Shamanic Drum
The Shamanic drum is rich in thousands of years of ancient history. This style of drum is more known in Siberia and Native America. In traditional times, it was known that for a shaman or medicine woman or man to receive their drum was a many-day initiation. They say that the wood would have come from a lightning-struck tree because of the power this tree holds. The animal skin will be their power animal when working in the healing realms. The Shamans use their drums to create an altered state of consciousness to evoke the spirit world and the Ancient Healers to walk side by side with them for healing and to gather wisdom from the natural world.
These drums are predominantly played with a beater. They can be played with the hands as well, though the tones are deeper due to the Shamanic drums having a thicker skin.
Shamanic drums are 14-inch to 16-inch. If the skins are really large, I may be able to do a 17inch.
I facilitate retreats of 3 days rich in ceremony and healing to birth your Sacred Shamanic drum.
I can also make them on special order.
“Mountain Spirit~
“It’s time to climb the Mountain to find a Cave deep within the Spiralling Life Force Energy of the Mountain Spirit.
Sit and hear your Heart beat as you feel the call to make your Ancient Shamanic Drum. With the beat of your Heart and
the beat of your Drum, you climb to the top of the mountain, meeting Great Spirit. Dance, Dear One,
Dance the Spiralling Energy of Life. ”
—Exodus 15:20
This drum is depicted in many ancient pictures from the Middle East of Goddesses and priestesses. The Timbral is our Ancient Feminine instrument from thousands of years ago.
It’s time to bring this drum back into the hands of women ~ so you can bring back a lost part of your deep Feminine bloodlines of the Frame Drum.
16-Inch Shamanic Drum
16-Inch Shamanic Drum
Create the Timbral Drum
The Timbral is a small, hand-held frame drum that is traditionally played with both hands, though it can also be played with a small beater.
It is an open-back drum with a solid wood Frame made by me. The skin will be either kangaroo or goat.
The diameter of this drum is 12 inches.
I facilitate retreats of 3 days rich in ceremony and healing to birth your Sacred Timbral.
I can also make them on special order.
Learning the simple playing techniques is included.
For ongoing support to learn more advanced playing techniques, I can recommend teachers, as I’m at a beginner level.
“Women ~ come gather round ~
“Women ~ come gather round, it’s time to remember…..remember your ancient ways of the Divine Feminine.
I offer you the gift of making your Ancient Feminine Instrument, the Timbral. Your instrument of Power and Love.
The instrument of ancient wisdom, bringing ecstatic joy and dance. Miriam, the Prophetess from the Old Testament, is known for leading the way with her Timbal, playing and singing with women following her.
“Miriam the prophetess took the Timbral in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrals and with dancing.”
—Exodus 15:20
This drum is depicted in many ancient pictures from the Middle East of Goddesses and priestesses. The Timbral is our Ancient Feminine instrument from thousands of years ago.
It’s time to bring this drum back into the hands of women ~ so you can bring back a lost part of your deep Feminine bloodlines of the Frame Drum.
22-Inch Timbral Drum
22-Inch Timbral Drum
Create the Inanna Drum
“Take the Heroine’s descent into the Lower World, allowing the Veils of the self to drop one gate way to another, as you meet the Darkness. Allow what needs to die ~ die, so you can become whole and live free. Travel to the upper world and allow the 8-pointed star to bless you with light. The Inanna drum will guide you there, holding you with Love and Protection”
The Inanna drum is a larger hand held or lap style drum that is open backed and is predominately played with both hands, though a beater can be used too.
I use goat or kangaroo skins. The frame is a solid wood frame made by me.
I facilitate retreats of 3 days rich in ceremony and healing to birth your sacred Inanna drum.
I can also make them on special order.
Learning the simple playing techniques are included.
For on going support to learn more advance playing techniques, I can recommend teachers as I’m at beginner level.
Queen of Heaven and Earth
This drum is in honour of the Goddess Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth. There is an ancient poem from Nippur, a cultural and spiritual centre in Sumer, recounts the story of Inanna’s decent into to the lower world ruled by her dark sister, Ereshkigal, who is known as Queen of the Underworld.
It is said that after 3 days and 3 nights, the goddess Ninshubar, as instructed by Inanna, set up a lament,
beating the drum to summons the gods for Inanna’s return. The is also another myth about Inanna called The Huluppu-Tree. Inanna was worshiped in Sumer as early as the Uruk period , 4000 BCE – 3100 BCE. She is the
goddess of love, war (divine lore), fertility, beauty and sex. She is know for sacred marriage and
union through her and the god Dumuzi. Her symbols are the hook-shaped knot of reeds, eight-pointed star, lion, rosette and dove. Inanna is associated with the planet Venus. She is also known as Ishtar.
22-Inch Inanna Drum
22-Inch Inanna Drum
